FLAVEL, Donald Algernon
| Service Number: | 416663 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale |
| Born: | Gladstone, South Australia, 1 October 1918 |
| Home Town: | Gladstone, Northern Areas, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Aircraft Accident, Mt. Tawonga, Eskdale, Victoria, Australia, 4 June 1945, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sale War Cemetery, Victoria Plot B, Row D, Grave 1 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Eskdale Beaufort A9-228 Crash Memorial Plaque, Gladstone Town Hall WW2 Roll of Honour, Gladstone War Memorial, Mongans Bridge Beaufort A0-228 Crash Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 416663, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 16 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416663 | |
| 4 Jun 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416663, No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joseph Albert Flavel and Eva Townsend; husband of Dulcie Merle Flavel of Bathurst, NSW. Brother of Kevin Townsend Flavel, Malcolm Fred Flavel, Phyllis Jean Flavel and Valda Dawn Flavel
Plane involved was Beaufort A9 228 crashed about 15 miles from Eskdale, Victoria. It was on night operational training
2 July 1945 - a letter was sent to his wife stating the the plane wreckage had not been located and Donald was still listed as missing. The letter further stated that it had crashed in heavy scrub and was not seen from the air and that it was hoped that a land search may be more fruitful
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